The Heir Of Bendersleigh ; Or , The Freemason's Promise.

young libertine and a man of full-puffed up conceit , could produce a soft emotion ; and lastly , another and a poorer man had been preferred to himself .

Arrived at the top of the hill , the party Avandered in various directions , as their fancies led them . Sirs . Puffier Smirke gazed in a rapt attitude at the beauties of the scene before her , and with awfid solemnity made a note of a great idea which suddenly had made itself manifest in her great mind . She made the note , and having done so , put on her spectacles again , having for the moment taken them off to see her pencil better . _ the other side

Harriet and Henry Elliotson wandered down the hill , on , and seemed delighted with each other . They had often met— -had often walked together in the lanes ivhich ran about the neighbourhood -of Harriet's home . They had felt delighted in these rambles , but they had never discovered exactly in ivhat their delig ht consisted . Of love they had never spoken , except when it had reference to others ; but now the scene

was changed—the opportunity was indeed most apt , and everything seemed propitious for a lover to unfold his mind to her on whom his heart was bent . ' ¦

The two young fugitives from the pic-nic party , lelt their situation , andwandered oil in silence for some time . But at length that silence was broken , although the conversation only flowed in whispers , as though they feared that in the solitude of the ' beautiful scene over which they lvaiidered , even the sound of their own voices might detract from the great bliss which they enjoyed . On they wandered , over the perfumed heath , and down by hedge rows at the foot of the hill , and still they ivhispered , and the honied Avords they . uttered were almost lost upon the silprnf . niv .

Oh , how rapturous is the first declaration of a young love that is successful in its object . Still they wandered on , and still they seemed enchanted , not with what they saw , but with the aspiration which both poured forth , each delighting each . And on they would have wandered , had they not been startled , by a merry laugh ivhich came from some revellers behind a hedge . " Why , here they are , at last ; " exclaimed Sirs . William Chasey , " where

have you beeni—ive have waited tor you tor halt an hour . Thus admonished , the two lovers—for such they had become—turned through a little gap in the hedge , and there they found a white table-cloth spread , out , ivith all the substantials from the hampers arranged thereon , awaiting destruction .

A gentle blush suffused the cheeks of Harriet , as she took her seat upon a camp-stool which the gallantry of some of the gentlemen had provided . She felt that she blushed , and therefore she declared that it was very warm , and threw her bonnet off , releasing her long dark ringlets , ivhich flowed doivn upon her bosom and made her look more beautiful than ever . And , oh , how . beautiful she was . The rattle of the knives and forks has commenced , and the little party are doing justice to the pic-nic which has been provided for their enjoy-